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What does scout mean?

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Noun
  1. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
  2. An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
  3. A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
  4. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
  5. (Britain) A college servant (in Oxford, England or Yale or Harvard), originally implying a male servant, attending to (usually several) students or undergraduates in a variety of ways that includes cleaning; corresponding to the duties of a gyp or possibly bedder at Cambridge University; and at Dublin, a skip.
  6. (Britain, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
  7. (historical, Britain, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
Verb
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.
  2. (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To reject with contempt.
  2. (intransitive) To scoff.
Noun
  1. (dated) A swift sailing boat.
Noun
  1. (archaic) A projecting rock.
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